We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic.
Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings,
different hopes, different dreams.
-Jimmy Carter
The wave of the future
is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed
but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.
-John F. Kennedy

Saturday, October 29, 2011

a new beginning

I've been doing some soul searching recently...asking myself serious questions about my current life choices...career, health and lifestyle, fulfillment..things like that.

Mothers Day Orchid about to make a second appearance!

Then I noticed the potted orchid my daughter had given me for mothers day 2011...I had placed it near the back door wall along with some other items I planned to discard...hadn't gotten around to it yet...

I was taking photographs of my workspace and a few current projects and I saw that new buds were forming! What a thrill!

I can't explain exactly how or why, but I felt a surge of HOPE!!!

I've been stressing, pondering and meditating over these deep, dark and heavy questions--fretting about drawing the perfect answer from within myself--quickly!!!! when this incredible thing happened: just seeing these tiny buds, the new beginnings of exquisite blooms, quietly reformulating while they sat at deaths door--literally (!) filled me with peace and hope.

I have no formal art training and not enough free time in sight to even consider enrolling in a program or even a simple class. And I guess that bothers me so much because I have a never-ending stream of idea's and "things" I want to do...need to create...but just don't see how to bring this all to fruition in the foreseeable future.
The orchid buds have brought a new sense of calm to my state of mind...gonna relax, do what makes me happy and take "it" all in stride.

2 comments:

I know exactly how you feel, it's so hard to find time just for YOU in our busy lifes. Enjoy each minute of your creative side, it's such a joy. The orchid reblooming is an omen - something beautiful is just around the corner.

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